Plenary proceedings, House of Reps, Tuesday, February 20th, 2024
The Deputy Speaker of the House Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu presided.
The Deputy Speaker of the House Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu presided.
In the age of AI and digital access to books, the reading culture and manner of book consumption continues to be a talking point. Audio books and video dramatisation or reading of books is now the rave. For eco-friendly champions, though, it would seem printed books is a clash on saving the trees and our planet.
What about mobile libraries? Will libraries survive this onslaught of digital natives and their consumers whose style of consumption of texts is different from hundreds of generations before them? That’s exactly what this edition on LightRay! Books and Literary Society focuses on.
By Ejiro Umukoro
Lami Sadiq is a thorough bred journalist with a mindset of Watchdog Journalism as her personal mantra and drive. With her capacity to take risks to unravel stories that are considered ‘male beats’, she changes your perception about stereotypical beats where newsroom heads and media owners are guilty of pegging and limiting women to what they consider ‘women beats’.
Sadiq currently heads the Investigation Desk of Media Trust Group, publishers of Daily Trust newspaper and owners of Trust TV and Trust radio.
In this our Special LightRay! Series on African Women in Media Leadership Project (#LAWMLP), Lami Sadiq delivers a story worth telling that is inspiring and provoking. Sit back and enjoy her media journey with us!
…as claims of hostel accomodation racketeering and scam takes over best practices, while students and parents alike insist key members of the academia are direct perpetrators and beneficiaries of the racket.
The Speaker of the House Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, Ph.D presided.
By Precious Akintulubo and Boluwatife Adedokun Following the petitions filed against regulatory bodies in Nigeria by Citizen Gavel regarding loan…
The Deputy Speaker of the House Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu presided.
Nigerians call out regulatory bodies tasked to enforce the rule of law on business practices, financial frameworks and judicial accountability to curb malpractices and psycological abuse of citizens and residents across Nigeria’s six geo-political zones.
Instant loan apps to the guileless or those with a scheming mindest discover to their horror how easy acess to loan apps are actually high risk business models that saps the life and health out of Nigerians financially.
Following LightRay! Media’s training of journalists in Abuja in September 2023 across media organisations in Nigeria, the safety of media practitioners is not only a matter of human rights issues, but also a cornerstone of democracy and societal progress.
This report explores the challenges faced by media practitioners in Nigeria and the imperative need to mitigate and address them, drawing on accessible data to highlight the gravity of the situation.